Cover-fastener for vessels



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J. H. UASSIDY.

OOVERFASTENER FOR VBSSELS. No. 399,834. I PatentedMar. 19, 1889.

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COVER-FASTENER FOR VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,834, dated March19, 1889.

Application filed November 7, 1888. Serial No. 290,227. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB H. OAssIDY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth. and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forFastening Covers on Vessels; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing my improvedfastening device as applied to a pail, and Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the device released from the cover of the pail.

The present invention has for its object to provide a novel, simple,cheap, and efficient sealing or fastening device for the covers of allclasses of vesselssuch as packing-buckets, cans, pails, jars, barrels,boxes, pans, crates, the; and the invention consists in a deviceconstructed substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a pail or bucket providedwith the usual cover, B, this class of vessels being shown to illustratethe application of my invention, and therefore I desire it to be. fullyunderstood that the device is not confined to any particular form ofvessel, as it is equally applicable to all classes provided with adetachable cover or stopper.

To the sides of the pail A, I hinge in any well-known manner the bailsO, which are constructed of wire and bent to form loops o The cover B atits center is provided with a staple, b,over which pass the loops a,when the bails are brought down upon the cover to fasten it over the topof the pail, after which a key is engaged with the staple above theloops to securely lock the bails in place. There may be many forms ofkeys usedsuch as a wedge-shaped key or a split ring. (Shown at D, Fig.1.)

I do not desire to confine myself to any special form of device to beused as a key for engaging with the staple b, as any well-known meansmay be employed to lock the bails in place and to the staple.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a vessel provided with hinged bails havingloops, of a cover provided with a staple for engagement of the loops,and a key to engage with the staple for holding the loops thereon,substantially as and for the purpose set forth."

2. The combination, with a vessel having hinged bails with loops, of acover having a staple and a key for engagement therewith, consisting ofa split ring, substantially as and for the purpose specified,

I11 testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. CASSIDY.

lVit-nesses:

ALLEN STINGLEY, BENJAMIN H. OLDFIELD.

